UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 12, 2014

 

 

Universal Biosensors, Inc.

(Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   000-52607   98-0424072

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

1 Corporate Avenue, Rowville, 3178, Victoria

Australia

  Not Applicable
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

+61 3 9213 9000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Universal Biosensors, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders on June 12, 2014. At the meeting, the Company’s stockholders (i) re-elected Mr. Denis Hanley to serve as a director of the Company until the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified; (ii) re-elected Mr. Paul Wright to serve as a director of the Company until the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified; (iii) elected the Board’s nominee (Chris Smith) to serve as director of the Company until the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified; (iv) approved the named senior executive compensation; and (v) authorized and approved the grant of 60,000 zero exercise price employee options to acquire shares of common stock (ZEPOs) and 2,040 restricted shares of common stock to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and director, Paul Wright.

 

Proposal No.

  

Proposal

   Votes For      Votes
Against
     Abstentions  
Proposal 1(a)    Re-election of Mr. Denis Hanley      60,717,849         31,134,014         30,000   
Proposal 1(b)    Re-election of Mr. Paul Wright      71,302,851         20,549,012         30,000   
Proposal 1(c)    Re-election of Mr. Chris Smith      70,886,574         20,857,992         407,297   
Proposal 2    Approval of named Senior Executive Remuneration      70,522,153         21,302,670         57,040   
Proposal 3    Grant of Securities to Mr. Paul Wright      70,614,184         21,203,559         64,120   

 

* Note: Under Delaware law, abstentions have the effect of a negative vote with respect to Proposal 2 and Proposal 3.

For each of the matters described above, the Company received no voting instructions with respect to 10,388,816 million shares held by institutional investors holding those shares.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    UNIVERSAL BIOSENSORS, INC.
Date: June 17, 2014     By:  

/s/ Paul Wright

    Name:   Paul Wright
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer